What’s Up With These Guys
I have been a baseball fan for all of my life. More specifically, I have been a New York Mets fan for all of my life. And just like any loyal fan, I’ve had to deal with my fair share of disappointments. These disappointments have come in various forms such as the disappointment of being 4 years old when the Mets won the World Series, an age in my life when I can’t say I really cared about much at all! And then there was the disappointment called the 1990s, a decade when I sat and watched Mets upper management waste countless dollars on players well past their prime, i.e. Mo Vaughn, Jeremy Burnitz, and Bobby Bonilla. Finally, I can still recall the disappointment of the 2000 World Series, which the Mets arrived at after defeating their arch-nemesis, the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS only to lost in 5 games to the steamrolling New York Yankees.
Given that context, picture now this: This past Sunday night, I come home from the Mayan to find the Mets sitting comfortably atop the NL East with a 6 game lead over the second place Philadelphia Phillies. Fast-forward to this afternoon: I’m sitting in a boring professional development meeting, knowing that the Mets have just lost three straight to the Phils. I’m glancing every now and then at the Gameday program giving me live updates of game 4 in progress. It’s the 8th inning, the Mets are losing 8-5 and somehow manage to score 5 runs in their half of the inning to take a 10-8 lead! “Finally”, I say to myself. Unfortunately, I’ve spoken too soon as the Phillies score a run in the 8th and two more runs in the bottom of the 9th to win the game, sweep the series, and worse yet, pull within 2 games of the now barely-in-first-place Mets.
WHAT’S GOING ON??? Are the baseball gods finally exacting their revenge on me for all that trash-talking I did to my former roommate Brett, a die-hard Braves fan? Are the Mets intentionally trying to raise my stress level (as though it won’t be high enough beginning next Wednesday)?
Anyway, I relax, I trust, and I enjoy the final few weeks of baseball before we enter the long drought of nothingness we call the “NFL”.
Themocracy
but at least it’s not the Braves doing the sweeping and the chasing! Go Phightin’ Phillies!
At least you’re not a Cubs fan. I’m always cryng the pretzels :(
Have a great weekend!!!